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Usuku Lomhlaba Lwamanzi lugujwa minyaka yonke ngoMashi 22 futhi kuhloswe ngalo ukugqamisa izinkinga izigidi zabantu emhlabeni wonke ezinazo ekutholeni amanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile naphephile.
Inhlangano yeZizwe Ezihlangene i-UNICEF ithi ezwenikazi lase-Afrika kuphela, izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-190 emazweni ayishumi zisengozini enkulu yokuhlangana kwezinsongo ezintathu ezihlobene namanzi – ukungabi namanzi anele, ukukhucululwa kwendle, kanye nezifo ezihlobene nenhlanzeko.
Usongo olukathathu kutholakale ukuthi lubi kakhulu eBenin, eBurkina Faso, eCameroon, eChad, eCôte d’Ivoire, eGuinea, eMali, eNiger, eNigeria naseSomalia.
I-Afrika Emaphakathi ingenye yezifunda zomhlaba ezingenawo ukuvikelwa kwamanzi nezithikamezeka kakhulu ngesimo sezulu, ngokusho kocwaningo lwe-UNICEF.
U-Boitumelo Nkatlo, umsunguli we-BN-Aqua Solutions, usungule indlela yokwelapha ehlanza ukugeleza kwe-acid emayini ibe amanzi aphuzwayo. Ukholelwa ukuthi lesi sixazululo sinamandla okuxazulula izinselelo zokushoda kwamanzi eNingizimu Afrika.
“Ngakho-ke, sesenze i-prototype engemuva kwami lapho sisebenzisa imfucumfucu ukuthambisa amanzi emayini ye-asidi kuze kufike esigabeni sokuphuza,” kuchaza uBoitumelo, “sizoxazulula izinto ezimbili, okuwukutholakala amanzi njengoba nazi ukuthi sike sabhekana nemikhawulo yamanzi eNingizimu Afrika.Ngakho-ke, lokhu kungasebenza cishe abantu abayisigidi.
Kuwo wonke amazwe ayishumi ase-Afrika asengozini cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yezingane ayiwatholi okungenani amanzi ayisisekelo ekhaya, futhi izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu azinazo izinsiza eziyisisekelo zokukhucululwa kwendle.
Inhlanzeko yezandla nayo incane, izingane ezintathu kwezine azikwazi ukugeza izandla ngenxa yokuntuleka kwamanzi nensipho emakhaya.
Ngenxa yalokho, la mazwe aphinde athwale umthwalo omkhulu wokufa kwezingane ngenxa yezifo ezibangelwa ukuntula amanzi anele, njengezifo zohudo.
Isimo sinzima ePakistan
I-UNICEF nayo idonsela ukunaka ePakistan ngemuva kwezikhukhula ezicekele phansi ehlobo eledlule.
Abantu abayizigidi eziyishumi kuleli, okuhlanganisa nezingane, basahlala ezindaweni ezikhahlanyezwe yizikhukhula abangenawo amanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile.
Isitatimende se-UNICEF sigcizelele isimo esibi ePakistan empofu, izwe elinabantu abayizigidi ezingama-220 okuthe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva lisazabalaza nemiphumela yezikhukhula, kanye nenkinga yezomnotho eqhubekayo.
Lezi zikhukhula, ongoti abathi ngokwengxenye zibangelwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, zibulale abantu abangu-1,739, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezingu-647 nabesifazane abangu-353.
Amanzi okuphuza aphephile akulona inhlanhla, kuyilungelo lomuntu eliyisisekelo,” kusho u-Abdullah Fadil, omele i-UNICEF ePakistan. “Kodwa-ke, nsuku zonke, izigidi zamantombazane nabafana ePakistan zilwa impi ehlulekayo yokulwa nezifo ezingagwemeka ezibangelwa ukungondleki kanye nomphumela wokungondleki.”
“Sidinga ukusekelwa okuqhubekayo kwabaxhasi bethu ukuze basinike amanzi aphephile, sakhe izindlu zangasese kanye nokuletha izinsiza ezibalulekile zokukhucululwa kwendle kulezi zingane kanye nemindeni ezidinga kakhulu,” kwengeza uFadil.
